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The 2025 Kamchatka Krai gubernatorial election will take place on 14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent governor of Kamchatka Krai Vladimir Solodov is running for a second term in office.
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The 2025 Kamchatka Krai gubernatorial election will take place on 14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent governor of Kamchatka Krai Vladimir Solodov is running for a second term in office.
Vladimir Solodov, then-Chairman of the Government of Yakutia, was appointed acting governor of Kamchatka Krai in April 2020, replacing two-term incumbent Vladimir Ilyukhin. [1] Ilyukhin left after poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, for which he was criticised by Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova and State Duma member Yevgeny Revenko. [2] Solodov ran for a full term as an Independent with United Russia support [3] and won the election with 80.51% of the vote. [4]
In November 2023 during a live translation Solodov publicly announced his intention to seek a second term in office. [5] In November 2024 Governor Solodov joined United Russia party. [6]
In February 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Solodov announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement. [7]
In Kamchatka Krai candidates for Governor of Kamchatka Krai can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Governor of Kamchatka Krai should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Kamchatka Krai should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 10% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. [8] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 2% of signatures of Kamchatka Krai residents. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
